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A Trump-appointed federal judge said Friday that he will not recuse himself from a lawsuit related to the Steele dossier. Trevor McFadden, a judge in Washington, D.C., issued the ruling in response to a recusal request submitted last month by Fusion GPS, the opposition research firm that commissioned the dossier. Fusion sought McFadden’s recusal as part of an attempt to avoid complying with a subpoena issued by a Russian businessman who is suing BuzzFeed News for publishing the unverified dossier. The businessman, Aleksej Gubarev, seeks depositions and documents from Fusion…

A Muslim man was shut down by a judge after refusing to stand in court and citing religious reasons for his refusal. Ricardo McFarlane appeared in court after he allegedly disobeyed a court order that banned him from approaching people in public and “preaching sharia law.” McFarlane, a convert to Islam, was one of 21 men who set up outside a store and called for strict Islamic laws to be imposed. In court, Judge Martin Beddoe noticed that McFarlane did not stand when he entered the room. “If Mr. McFarlane…

Lawyers for Democrat Senator Bob Menendez wanted the judge on the case to acquit but he said no. Now the defense has to make an actual case for his innocence. CNN reports: Menendez judge denies motion to acquit, trial turns to defense’s case. A federal judge in Newark denied Sen. Bob Menendez’s attempt to toss out the Justice Department’s bribery case against him Monday morning. The trial, now in its seventh week, will turn to the defense case as lawyers for the New Jersey Democrat and Dr. Salomon Melgen, a wealthy…